ginōskō · know

What it means

ginōskō (γινώσκω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “know”.

Come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To find out something, to realize.
2. To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
3. A man and a woman being intimate.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Know, come to know, realize. Abbott-Smith defines it as to come to know, recognize, perceive, understand. Said of a man and a woman, to have relations, like the Hebrew יָדַע.

• To know a person Matthew 7:231 John 4:8
• To know God John 17:3
• To come to know, to know the truth John 8:32Matthew 24:43
• Having relations: “he did not know her” Matthew 1:25Luke 1:34

How we translate it

“Know” 128 times, “known” 29, “knew” 19, “knowing” 13, “understand” 10. English “know” serves both for a person or the truth and for a fact, so it covers almost every use; “understand” or “learn” where the sense is coming to grasp something. In Matthew 1:25 and Luke 1:34 “know” is kept, as the Hebrew in Genesis 4:1.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• know ×128
• known ×29
• knew ×19
• knowing ×13
• understand ×10
• knows ×8
• learned ×3
• learning ×3
• learn ×2
• recognizing ×2
• others ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×20
• Mark×12
• Luke×28
• John×56
• Acts×16
• Romans×9
• 1 Corinthians×16
• 2 Corinthians×8
• Galatians×4
• Ephesians×3
• Philippians×5
• Colossians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×3
• Hebrews×4
• James×3
• 2 Peter×2
• 1 John×25
• 2 John×1
• Revelation×4

• Matthew 1:25

  and he did not know her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his name Jesus.

• Matthew 6:3

  But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

• Matthew 7:23

  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’

• Matthew 9:30

  And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows about it.”

• Matthew 10:26

  So do not be afraid of them; for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

• Matthew 12:7

  And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

• Matthew 12:15

  But Jesus, knowing this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all,

• Matthew 12:33

  Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by its fruit the tree is known.

• Matthew 13:11

  But he answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

• Matthew 16:3

  And in the morning, ‘Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot discern.

• Matthew 16:8

  But Jesus, knowing it, said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves, you of little faith, that you did not take bread?

• Matthew 21:45

  And when the high priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them.

• Matthew 22:18

  But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites?

• Matthew 24:32

  Now from the fig tree learn the parable: when its branch has already become tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

• Matthew 24:33

  So you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Matthew 24:39

  and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be also the coming of the Son of Man.

• Matthew 24:43

  But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

• Matthew 24:50

  the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know,

• Matthew 25:24

  And the one who had received the one talent also came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you did not scatter;

• Matthew 26:10

  But Jesus, knowing it, said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a beautiful work for me.

• Mark 4:13

  And he says to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables?

• Mark 5:29

  And at once the source of her bleeding dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

• Mark 5:43

  And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

• Mark 6:38

  But he says to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go, see.” And when they found out, they say, “Five, and two fish.”

• Mark 7:24

  And getting up from there, he went away into the region of Tyre. And he entered into a house and wanted no one to know it, and he could not escape notice.

• Mark 8:17

  And knowing this, he says to them, “Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

• Mark 9:30

  And going out from there, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know it;

• Mark 12:12

  And they were seeking to seize him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had told the parable against them. And leaving him, they went away.

• Mark 13:28

  Now from the fig tree learn the parable: when its branch has already become tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

• Mark 13:29

  So you too, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, at the doors.

• Mark 15:10

  For he knew that it was because of envy that the high priests had handed him over.

• Mark 15:45

  And learning it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

• Luke 1:18

  And Zechariah said to the angel, “How will I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in her days.”

• Luke 1:34

  And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I do not know a man?”

• Luke 2:43

  and when they had completed the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it.

• Luke 6:44

  For each tree is known by its own fruit; for they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a bramble bush.

• Luke 7:39

  But when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

• Luke 8:10

  And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

• Luke 8:17

  For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will never be known and come into the open.

• Luke 8:46

  But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceived that power had gone out from me.”

And 181 more times.